USN-2423-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

clamav vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Ubuntu 14.10

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

ClamAV could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially
crafted file.

Software Description

clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

Kurt Seifried discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain JavaScript
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-6497)

Damien Millescamp discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain PE
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-9050)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: